Fiction

Novels
in progress.

I'm writing Windreader, a fantasy novel, and Power of Words, an alternate-history science-fiction novel.

Fantasy

Windreader

A port city, its universities and the reach of an empire.

Atmospheric illustration of a lively nineteenth-century-style port city: bookshop, readers, wet stone streets, ships and warm light over the water
AI-generated concept art for Windreader.

Teachers, students and researchers in the port city of Mragrad navigate imperial power, displacement and divided loyalties.

The story follows their teaching, research and relationships as they respond to the city's political conflicts.

13
countries & regions
in the worldbuilding
5
working maps
Illustrated working map of Mragrad, with its river, old town, ports, university district, wetlands and factoryExplore Mragrad ⤢
A working map of Mragrad.

Alternate-history science fiction

Power of Words

Власть слов

Language and weather in an alternate 1970s.

Atmospheric illustration of a warmly lit research room, radio microphone and papers, overlooking a city under swirling storm clouds
AI-generated concept art for Power of Words.

An alternate late-Soviet world where the processing of language affects the atmosphere. A young researcher studies the connection inside a scientific institute shaped by political demands.

The story follows her work and relationships, from late conversations over tea to the political uses of the institute's research.

7
acts in the plan
~328
planned scenes
1974–78
the story's setting

Mragrad

Working map of Mragrad. Use the zoom control and scroll to explore the districts.